Clip of the Day: Joe Riggs Isn't Happy
by Chris Nelson on Sep 21, 2008 2:10 PM EDT
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Speaking to Sherdog's Loretta Hunt after last night's Strikeforce event at the Playboy Mansion, Joe Riggs had some harsh words for referee Josh Rosenthal, who many seem to feel waved off Riggs' main event bout with Kazuo Misaki prematurely. According to Riggs, Rosenthal admitted his mistake to agent Ken Pavia while watching the post-fight replay.
I've had over 50 fights, I've never complained about a stoppage in my career. Never. And, uh... this one's bad, man. F*** it. I was on the ground, f***** defending and everything... I was thinking in my head, "C'mon, hurry up and stop punching so I can come pull you down." It's ironic, 'cause back in 2004 when I fought Alex Stiebling, I beat Alex to death. Almost killed him, he was in the hospital. Alex said after the fight, "Next time, stop the fight, that's dangerous." My cornerman was soaked in blood. And Josh Rosenthal didn't stop the fight then. And then, now the m*****f***** stops this fight for nothing, you know? The guy f***** hit me twice and... I mean, he goes from one extreme to the next. Pick the way you're gonna ref the f***** fights. Either you're gonna let me kill someone, or you're gonna be a little b**** and stop it if they land a big punch.
I sympathize with Joe, who's had some tough battles outside of the cage in recent years and looked to be in good shape for last night, but "I was waiting for him to stop punching" is rarely a sound gameplan.
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If Baroni wins in CO
I’d like to see a Riggs vs Baroni fight at 170. Those guys are the definition of fighters that won’t be contenders again but still have decent careers in front of them if they train hard and win more than they lose.
It is what it is
Horrible, just a horrible stoppage. Everyone can say what they want about Joe shoulda done this or that, or I am a blogger and I say him waiting for the guy to stop punching is stupid because I blog, or any other bullshit thing. But the fight should not have been stopped at that point.
Funny
Whats the difference between the blogger who thinks the fight should have been stopped, the blogger who thinks it shouldn’t have been stopped and the blogger who thinks the fight was boring and doesn’t care that Joe’s vagina is hurt over what may or may not have been an early stoppage? Nothing.
"Stop smiling you are about to be punched in the face !"
Whats the difference between us...
The difference is that the blogger who thinks it was a good stoppage shouldnt be blogging anymore.
by MrNiceGuyMMA on Sep 22, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Joe, give me a call, let’s set up an interview. No need to air this out in public.
by Chris Nelson on Sep 22, 2008 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
umm………….maybe if u actually threw a few punches or attempted a couple of takedowns i would feel sorry for u. But he did none of those things in the most boring fight of the year cept maybe starnes vs quarry. Give me a break. Do nothing for two rounds and then whine when u r mounted and he is punching you. What did u think u were gonna win the fight? Give me a break.
Starnes vs. Quarry was very entertaining to me. In a very bad way, but entertaining none the less. How often have you actually seen someone run in an MMA match?
This fight wasn’t entertaining at all. Seeing Misaki doing his many jump dance over and over again with no results wasn’t interesting. Watching Riggs to absolutely nothing wasn’t interesting.
Josh Rosenthal should have stopped it after the 3 minutes and given them both a loss.
While it was probably a bit too early (most of Misaki’s punches weren’t connecting well), when was he supposed to stop so Riggs could have gotten his magical reversal? It could have gone down like Florian/Lauzon – while not necessarily a devastating ground-n-pound, Riggs wasn’t doing anything to defend except covering his head.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Sep 21, 2008 4:45 PM EDT reply actions
Even those not convinced of the stoppage...
are probably more excited to see Misaki fight again, than Riggs. The guy was very spry and it clearly frustrated Riggs into a slow response to the GNP. Some may look at Misaki and see a Lyoto Machida imitation, but I thought he played a great headgame and threw some unexpected strikes. A novel approach that I want to see again. And I’ll tune in to see Riggs too, just less excited about it.
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